Two sheriff's deputies who face criminal charges in the beating of a Maywood jail inmate have been fired from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday. Lt. Richard J. Olson said deputies John Rice, 25, and Ivan Budiselich, 26, were fired Oct. 15 after an investigation by the department's internal affairs division, which looks into allegations of officer misconduct.

Woman Killed, 2 Shot in Robbery at Lennox Motel An Inglewood woman was killed and two others were injured Monday night when a gunman opened fired with a shotgun during a robbery in a Lennox motel room, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies said three men broke into room No. 9 in the Zephyr Motel, 11143 S. Prairie Ave., at about 9:45 p.m. and demanded money from the man and woman inside. After money was handed over, the woman was shot in the face. Investigators said the woman, whose name was not released, had numerous arrests for prostitution.

A Gardena grocer has filed a $100-million lawsuit accusing sheriff's deputies of physically and verbally abusing him while trying to arrest him. The federal lawsuit targets Los Angeles County Sheriff Sherman Block. Rafael Navarro, the owner of El Indio Market, alleged in his lawsuit that deputies from the Lennox sheriff's station tortured him by slamming his head through a wall and yelling racial slurs at him in front of his family, said his attorney, Stephen Yagman. The Sept.

Ain't no feathers flying in this tale. But they might have--were it not for the quick work of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies Brian Oblander and Cory Cline. Seems Oblander and Cline were cruising around the Santa Clarita Valley just after midnight Sunday when they happened upon a gaggle of stray geese wandering along Remsen Street at Sierra Highway. As made clear by Sgt.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, facing criticism of its treatment of suspects, has changed its policy to prohibit a controversial form of restraint known by critics as hogtying. The decision comes as a lawyer--who filed a wrongful-death suit against the massive law enforcement agency--released a Sheriff's Department videotape showing deputies in the Athens area using the restraint on a suspect who died shortly after his hands and feet were tied behind his back.

Nearly 100 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies combed parts of Norwalk on Sunday in a door-to-door search for a 6-year-old girl who has been missing for two days. Authorities said they do not suspect foul play in the disappearance of Jaqueline "Jay" Saavedra, who was last seen about 3 p.m. Friday in a parking lot inside the 120-unit Pacific Pointe Apartments in the 13800 block of Shoemaker Avenue. "We think maybe she wandered off with a friend or resident," Sgt. Victor Sotelo said.

Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies looking to make a few extra bucks moonlighting as models might need to look elsewhere for work. Sheriff Les Weidman said there will be no more catalog photo shoots or similar commercial ventures for employees. Weidman initiated the ban, which took effect Monday, after it was disclosed that he allowed off-duty deputies, as well as a department helicopter and vehicles and equipment, to be photographed for a catalog.

A single-engine aircraft crashed in a rural area of southern Fresno County on Friday, leaving one person dead, according to sheriff's deputies. An aerial search of the crash site conducted just before dark did not turn up any other victims, said Sheriff's Lt. Joseph Blohm. The Beechcraft plane had taken off from Fresno's Chandler Airport in the early afternoon. The identity of the pilot, who investigators believe was flying alone, had not been released, officials said. The plane apparently broke in midair and crashed into a vineyard, witnesses told law enforcement officials.

Disturbed that a local law enforcement organization failed to award slain Ventura County Sheriff's Deputy Peter John Aguirre Jr. a Medal of Valor at its annual awards ceremony last weekend, Sheriff Larry Carpenter sent out a department memo condemning the decision. "I am deeply disappointed at their decision and question the validity of their selection process," Carpenter said in the memo distributed Monday to all department personnel.

Four Orange County lawmen caught in a nighttime gun battle last November as they searched for stolen vehicles in Silverado Canyon received what officials say is the county's highest police award on Tuesday, the Medal of Valor. Sgt. Reed Gloshen and Officer Ron Farnam of the Los Alamitos Police Department and Sheriff's Deputies John McGuire and Tom Fox were honored for bravery and heroism at a luncheon at the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa.